History of Marion County South Carolina United States of America

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Biography of James Norton

James Norton, representative, was born in Marion county, S.C., Oct. 8, 1843; son of John and Pennsy (Lewis) Norton; grandson of James Norton and of Jonathan Lewis, and a descendant of the Nortons who first came from England to New England, thence to Virginia near Alexandria, and then to South Carolina after the Revolution; and of the Lewises who came from the north of Ireland to Virginia and to South Carolina. He was attending an academy at Archadelphia when South Carolina seceded, and he entered the Confederate army, and served through the war in the Army of Northern Virginia. He was shot through the body and right lung, and was captured at the battle of Petersburg in 1864. He re-entered the academy in 1865, but did not finish his course, and engaged in merchandising and farming in Mullins, S.C. He was married May 18, 1870, to Rachel C., daughter of Col. W. W. Sellers, of Marion county. He was school commissioner for Marion county in 1870-72; represented Marion county in the South Carolina legislature, 1886-87 and 1890-91; was assistant comptroller-general, 1891-94, and comptroller-general of the state, 1894-97, and Democratic representative from the sixth district in the 55th congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John L. McLaurin, and in the 56th congress, serving to March 3, 1901.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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